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A wave traveling in water has a frequency of 250 Hz and a wavelength of 6.0 N. What is the speed of the wave?

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The speed of a wave is determined by the product of the frequency and the wavelength; we already have the wavelength and the frequency, so all we need to do is multiply them by each other and use our proper unit of measure.

Velocity (speed) = Frequency x Wavelength
V = 250 x 6
V = 1500

Your answer is 1500 m/s.

I hope this helps!
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